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of North American freshwater catfishes. It includes the well-known channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') and blue catfish (''Ictalurus furcatus''). The catfish genome database (cBARBEL) is a database for the genetics of ''Ictalurus'' species.

Species

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Ictalurus australis ''Ictalurus australis'', the Panuco catfish, is a species of North American freshwater catfish, endemic to the Panuco River basin in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern port ...

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, 1904) (Panuco catfish) * ''

Ictalurus balsanus ''Ictalurus'' is a genus of North American freshwater catfishes. It includes the well-known channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') and blue catfish (''Ictalurus furcatus''). The catfish genome database (cBARBEL) is a database for the genetic ...

'' ( D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1899) (Balsas catfish) * ''

Ictalurus dugesii ''Ictalurus'' is a genus of North American freshwater catfishes. It includes the well-known channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') and blue catfish (''Ictalurus furcatus''). The catfish genome database (cBARBEL) is a database for the genetic ...

'' ( T. H. Bean, 1880) (Lerma catfish) * ''

Ictalurus furcatus The blue catfish (''Ictalurus furcatus'') is the largest species of North American catfish, reaching a length of and a weight of . The typical length is about 25–46 in (64–117 cm). The fish can live to 20 years. The native distribution o ...

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, 1840) (blue catfish) * ''

Ictalurus lupus ''Ictalurus lupus'' (the bagre lobo or headwater catfish) is a species of catfish in the family Ictaluridae. It resembles the closely related channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus''), but is smaller, lacks spots, and has a caudal fin with a shal ...

'' ( Girard, 1858) (headwater catfish) * ''

Ictalurus meridionalis ''Ictalurus'' is a genus of North American freshwater catfishes. It includes the well-known channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') and blue catfish (''Ictalurus furcatus''). The catfish genome database (cBARBEL) is a database for the genetic ...

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, 1904) (Rio Verde catfish) * ''

Ictalurus ochoterenai ''Ictalurus'' is a genus of North American freshwater catfishes. It includes the well-known channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') and blue catfish (''Ictalurus furcatus''). The catfish genome database (cBARBEL) is a database for the genetic ...

'' ( F. de Buen, 1946) (Chapala catfish) * ''

Ictalurus pricei ''Ictalurus pricei'', the Yaqui catfish, is a species of North American freshwater catfish native to Mexico and Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th ...

'' ( Rutter, 1896) (Yaqui catfish) * ''

Ictalurus punctatus The channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States, th ...

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, 1818) (channel catfish) Four fossil species also are assigned to this genus: * †''

Ictalurus echinatus ''Ictalurus'' is a genus of North American freshwater catfishes. It includes the well-known channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') and blue catfish (''Ictalurus furcatus''). The catfish genome database (cBARBEL) is a database for the genetic ...

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Ictalurus lambda ''Ictalurus'' is a genus of North American freshwater catfishes. It includes the well-known channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') and blue catfish (''Ictalurus furcatus''). The catfish genome database (cBARBEL) is a database for the genetic ...

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Ictalurus rhaeas ''Ictalurus'' is a genus of North American freshwater catfishes. It includes the well-known channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') and blue catfish (''Ictalurus furcatus''). The catfish genome database (cBARBEL) is a database for the genetic ...

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Ictalurus spodius ''Ictalurus'' is a genus of North American freshwater catfishes. It includes the well-known channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') and blue catfish (''Ictalurus furcatus''). The catfish genome database (cBARBEL) is a database for the genetic ...

References

External links

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Catfish genome database (cBARBEL)
* Extant Oligocene first appearances Catfish genera Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{catfish-stub